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Are you an EU national of Good Character? Why having health insurance could make all the difference.

Date posted: 4 November 2020

Isaac Abraham, a Senior Caseworker in our immigration department writes about the Home Office’s recent update to its guidance about the Good Character requirement to naturalise as a British citizen.     On 2 October 2020 the Home Office published … Continue reading →

Are you an EU national of Good Character? Why having health insurance could make all the difference.

2 November 2020 Top Ranked in the Chambers guide to the legal profession for 2021.

Black History Month – those that influenced us – Sam Selvon

Black History Month – those that influenced us – Bell Hooks

Local Authorities in England and Wales placing children in Scotland – is this possible?

30 October 2020 Black History Month – those that influenced us – Maya Angelou

29 October 2020 Black History Month – those that influenced us – Audre Lorde

26 October 2020 Abduction: Hague Convention v Geneva Convention

22 October 2020 Black History Month – those that influenced us – Toussaint Louverture

16 October 2020 Black History Month – those that influenced us – Beatrice Mtetwa: a Justice Warrior

15 October 2020 Family Togetherness – A Cautionary Tale

14 October 2020 Black History Month – those that influenced us – Elizabeth Ann Eckford

9 October 2020 Black History Month – those that have influenced us – Nelson Mandela

1 October 2020 “Wilson Solicitors are consistently exceptional” – Legal 500 2021

17 September 2020 Financial Settlements: needs v equality

10 September 2020 Neil & Neil – Setting Aside a Consent Order as a Result of Fraud

2 September 2020 Court grants injunctions to stop unlawful removals. “Activist lawyers” or the rule of law?

Procedural issues – Should similar behaviour evidence be admitted?

28 August 2020 Housing policy for destitute migrants held to be unlawful

26 August 2020 Covid-19 – What is ‘reasonable’ contact for parents with children in care?

19 August 2020 Conduct – how bad does it really need to be?

12 August 2020 Born overseas but automatically British – a guide to getting your first British passport

6 August 2020 Should a business asset be considered as matrimonial property?

31 July 2020 Our tribute to Paulette Wilson

30 July 2020 Wilsons completes virtual work experience with sixth form students at City Academy and Clapton Girls’ Academy

27 July 2020 What to do about Home Office delay – two recent cases offer hope

Re T (A Child: Refusal of Adoption Order) [2020] EWCA Civ 797

23 July 2020 Rejected by the Home Office? What can you do?

20 July 2020 Implacable Hostility and the Family Court- update

9 July 2020 Court of Appeal to rule on the legal landscape for trafficking victims

8 July 2020 Legal challenge to Home Office accommodation regime

1 July 2020 Sophia Poliviou joins the Wilsons family solicitor team

18 June 2020 Refugee Week special – why are asylum seekers in the UK facing delays in the processing of their claims?

5 June 2020 Black Lives Matter – statement in solidarity

22 May 2020 Juanita Kareer shortlisted in LALY awards

30 April 2020 Remote Access Family Court Guidance

3 April 2020 Michael Hanley steps down as managing partner of Wilsons after 19 years of service

1 April 2020 WILSONS ANNOUNCES NEW HEAD OF IMMIGRATION, ANITA VASISHT

27 March 2020 OBLIGATION FREE LEGAL CHAT ON UK IMMIGRATION LAW

26 March 2020 Aisling Ní Chuinn appointed as Partner

23 March 2020 COVID – 19 – changes to immigration procedures – what you need to know.

20 March 2020 Coronavirus – our service continues

2 March 2020 WILSONS’ CLIENT WINS BAFTA

26 February 2020 “No friend but the Mountains” – a book review

11 February 2020 Saracens and Immigration Control

10 February 2020 Wilsons Partner Anita Vasisht talks to BBC Radio about Shamima Begum citizenship case

6 February 2020 Secure Accommodation Orders

24 January 2020 Careers at Alexandra Park School

17 January 2020 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council v R & Ors

23 December 2019 3rd Kay Everett Memorial Lecture

6 December 2019 Law report – Potanin v Potanina [2019]

28 November 2019 Clarification of a fact finding Judgement

Wilsons’ Children Panellists at the ALC Conference

27 November 2019 Alternatives to immigration detention: false imprisonment by curfew?

7 November 2019 Who should assess non-subject children in family proceedings?

5 November 2019 Newly qualified solicitors

31 October 2019 Financial Remedies: getting the house in order first

24 October 2019 Nusrat Uddin at the Law Society Excellence Awards 2019

18 October 2019 Wilsons’ Immigration, Family and Public Law teams appear in Chambers UK 2020

17 October 2019 The Human Trafficking Foundation’s Anti-Slavery Day Awards

27 September 2019 Wilsons’ Immigration, Family and Public Law teams ranked in The Legal 500 2020

6 September 2019 Wilsons becomes a permanent drop-off point for the Bike Project

21 August 2019 Advanced Family Law Panel

15 August 2019 Wodehouse v Wodehouse [2018] – Jurisdiction of the Court to make lump sum orders against third parties

9 August 2019 Paternity: who’s the father?

31 July 2019 Nusrat Uddin shortlisted as Human Rights Lawyer of the Year in the Law Society Excellence Awards 2019

25 July 2019 “Double descent” and British citizenship – for those born abroad with UK ancestry

22 July 2019 Challenging Home Office attempts to deport EEA nationals without an effective appeal right

18 July 2019 Prenuptial Agreements: how to ensure they are binding

Bike Project

17 July 2019 Detention training for ILPA

27 June 2019 Law Report – A Local Authority v A Mother & Ors [2019] EWCA Civ 799

21 June 2019 Access to Justice for immigration detainees post Shaw

18 June 2019 The Detained Fast Track will not be striking back

14 June 2019 Employment Tribunal rules that diplomatic immunity does not protect Saudi diplomat from claims of human trafficking and modern slavery

12 June 2019 Court of Appeal gives guidance in ‘limbo’ cases

10 June 2019 Nusrat Uddin discusses discrimination law at Public Law Project conference

Sally Challen: – Practical Steps to Consider to Prove Coercive Control

7 June 2019 Law Report – H-L (Children: Summary Dismissal of Care Proceedings)

3 June 2019 Law report – M Jay v SS for Justice

31 May 2019 Everything You Have Told Me Is True: The Many Faces of Al Shabaab

23 May 2019 Nusrat Uddin shortlisted in LALY awards

17 May 2019 New “good character” restrictions put Refugees at risk of denial of citizenship

16 May 2019 SUMMARY RETURN ORDERS: Article 13 Alleged Risk of Oppressive Litigation and grave risk of harm

14 May 2019 Implementing child abduction return orders – limits of the High Court

25 April 2019 Compensation for Tier 1 professionals?

12 April 2019 Pre-nuptial agreements – Maintenance Prorogation clause

21 March 2019 Transnational marriage abandonment – “Stranding is a broad concept…”

Removal Window closed by High Court

20 March 2019 The exercise of discretion in big money cases

19 March 2019 “In Tariq al Matar, the police guards shot at the refugees”: Wilsons delegation joins international legal debate on atrocities against migrants detained in Libya

7 March 2019 SPECIAL GUARDIANSHIP ORDERS: FOSTER CARE V PLACEMENT WITH FAMILY

22 February 2019 Deprivation of UK citizenship: criminalising communities?

18 February 2019 Threshold – the importance of getting it right

7 February 2019 Kay Everett 2nd Memorial Lecture

28 January 2019 Yarlswood Befrienders AGM

25 January 2019 Judge Elizabeth Ruddick

15 January 2019 Home affairs select committee appearance for Nusrat Uddin

14 December 2018 How the Law protects the most vulnerable: Legal aid for children and victims of domestic violence.

Aunt successfully retains care of her niece following care proceedings

10 December 2018 Refugees Trapped in Libya: What Can We Do

7 December 2018 Nusrat’s research report: The UK is lagging behind in the fight against Modern Slavery

4 December 2018 Upper Tribunal judgment on lawfulness of removals to Italy under the Dublin Regulations

28 November 2018 What happens at my asylum appeal?

14 November 2018 Supreme Court gives guidance on the right to private life in immigration removal cases

12 November 2018 Inherited property – Sibling disagreement

8 November 2018 Wilson Solicitors LLP admit 4 Partners

High Court Strikes Down Home Office Decision to Cut Support for Victims of Trafficking and Modern Slavery

6 November 2018 Wilsons family team at the Fertility Show 2018

2 November 2018 Chambers and Partners 2019 has ranked Wilson Solicitors LLP

1 November 2018 Newly qualified solicitors at Wilsons

30 October 2018 Legal 500

Two questions too many? Balancing a child’s right to liberty within secure accommodation orders

26 October 2018 Subsistence cuts for Victims of Trafficking

19 October 2018 Wilsons fundraise for PLP

17 October 2018 Adoption or Foster Care?

11 October 2018 Summary Determination – right or wrong?

YZ v Leicester City Council

5 October 2018 Advising asylum seekers in Athens

4 October 2018 History Made at the Supreme Court

17 September 2018 International Surrogacy Seminar in London: How to Plan Ahead

10 September 2018 Pride Run 2018

6 September 2018 Prenuptial Agreements: Be Sure You’re Happy To Sign!

30 August 2018 Surprise proceedings – The dangers of not resolving finances on divorce

21 August 2018 Child Abduction – Swift and Summary

Child Abduction – Not to return is not enough

16 August 2018 Micro Rainbow – Wetlands visit

Threshold – has it been met?

10 August 2018 Pride Run

31 July 2018 Family news report: Owens v Owens

10 July 2018 Transparency in the Family Court

9 July 2018 The Supreme Court to hear appeal on Article 8 ECHR

2 July 2018 Congratulations to our 4 new solicitors

27 June 2018 Wilsons: Chambers 2019

22 June 2018 A good example of why surrogacy agreements should be enforceable?

31 May 2018 Local Authority’s Appeal against Paying for a Specialist Drug Placement

11 May 2018 VICTORY IN ‘WINDRUSH’ CASE

9 May 2018 Foreign Divorce: No notice = no recognition

3 May 2018 Deprivation of Liberty of Children in care proceedings

25 April 2018 Ellie Butler inquest verdict – Statement of Neal Gray

19 April 2018 Vigil for Justice at MOJ

17 April 2018 London Play2Remember

12 April 2018 Wilsons: Ellie Butler Inquest

29 March 2018 Wilson Solicitors deliver petition for EU nationals to No 10 Downing Street

6 March 2018 International Surrogacy Seminar in London

5 March 2018 INTERNATIONAL SURROGACY AND ADOPTION

2 March 2018 Winter at Becket House

27 February 2018 LGBT Adoption Rights in Georgia USA

26 February 2018 Wilsons: Introducing Birth Companions

21 February 2018 ‘Plainly “needs” does not mean needs’

13 February 2018 PK(Ghana) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 98

8 February 2018 Wilsons’ Public Law team train community groups in Haringey

7 February 2018 Relocation in the EU: Don’t mention the B word!

29 January 2018 Wilsons: Children Panellist, Juanita Kareer

17 January 2018 Congratulations to our newly admitted solicitors

16 January 2018 Family Law Report: Protecting a Girl from FGM

6 December 2017 Jewish Family Life and Customs

28 November 2017 Children’s rights in a Changing World

24 November 2017 Are care proceedings always necessary for unaccompanied minors?

22 November 2017 ELENA conference 2017

17 November 2017 Wilsons Family Team at the Haringey Law Centre Seminar

15 November 2017 Case summary – a rare set of circumstances in Care Proceedings

9 November 2017 Great Legal Quiz

8 November 2017 Nuptial Agreements

3 November 2017 Wilson Solicitors advises EU nationals on Brexit

2 November 2017 Wilsons: Invitation to the House of Lords to consider Divorce Reform

Financial Remedies: Update.

27 October 2017 Supreme Court rules against diplomatic immunity for a former diplomat in relation to human trafficking

Wilson Solicitors training the local community

23 October 2017 Local Authorities urged to invest in providing early support before resorting to Care Proceedings

18 October 2017 ABDUCTION: DEFENCE OF GRAVE RISK OF HARM (ARTICLE 13(B) 1980 HAGUE CONVENTION) FAILS

10 October 2017 Green v Adams [2017] EWFC 24 – The boundary between the Child Maintenance Service and the Family Court

Breaking in the Cycle

3 October 2017 Congratulations to our newly admitted solicitors

29 September 2017 A week of international events for our Public Law solicitors

25 September 2017 Seminar with Guleid Ahmed Jama

Wilsons: FC took to the pitch for a second time in the annual Just for Kids Law

15 September 2017 50,000 clients

7 September 2017 Duress and setting aside orders in family cases

24 August 2017 Supreme Court grant permission to appeal in Rhuppiah v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] EWCA Civ 803

14 August 2017 Pride Run 10k in support of UKLGIG and Micro Rainbow

3 August 2017 Deported EEA nationals permitted to enter UK to attend appeal hearing should also have (some) time to instruct their lawyers, says Upper Tribunal

26 July 2017 EU Nationals – Understand your options post-Brexit

24 July 2017 Best wishes to Nusrat for her research project

12 July 2017 Service by Facebook Messenger?

10 July 2017 Domestic Violence: Court Procedure and Practical Steps

7 July 2017 Wilsons at LALY 2017

3 July 2017 Congratulations to Rachel Lau

27 June 2017 Cut to the Chase? Cautionary guidance from Lady Justice Macur on procedure in Public Law Children Act proceedings.

19 June 2017 Bringing your parents to the UK – court rules on the legality of the Immigration Rule

15 June 2017 Police pay damages for the wrongful arrest of a vulnerable woman

7 June 2017 Care Proceedings – Children should have their say!

23 May 2017 Wilsons: Walkers 2017

19 May 2017 LALY Finalists 2017

11 May 2017 Minister for Refugees: Wilsons supports the call to protect UK refugees’ rights

8 May 2017 Court of Appeal considers the Care Act 2014 – case of SG

3 May 2017 Immigration law service for local authorities

26 April 2017 Wilsons solicitor runs the London marathon for Fight for Sight

25 April 2017 Queen Mary Legal Advice Centre – Q and A

24 April 2017 Divorce: it’s nearly always somebody’s fault!

Child abduction: does it pay to behave?

21 April 2017 Article 3 Health Cases- A new approach

18 April 2017 Unlawful detention of a potential victim of trafficking

Same Sex Couple Contact Dispute

13 April 2017 The dark arts of immigration detention

4 April 2017 Reflections on a visit to the asylum screening unit

3 April 2017 Wilsons FC reach semi finals in Play2Remember tournament

31 March 2017 Good luck Wilsons: FC

30 March 2017 Right to reside for EU nationals – practical steps to take

28 March 2017 380 days detention declared unlawful

21 March 2017 “The family court: Knowing when to keep out of it”

Unaccompanied minors reunited with their family in the UK, what are local authorities doing to support the transition?

20 March 2017 UK REFUGEE DENIED TRAVEL DOCUMENT

15 March 2017 Hold on, Norway isn’t in the EU, is it?

14 March 2017 REFUGEE STATUS: PERMANENT RESIDENCE REFUSAL RISK

21 February 2017 Parents sought to relinquish their baby for adoption but then changed their minds.

20 February 2017 Wilsons supports #1daywithoutus

16 February 2017 Mother’s determination that child was “gender variant” caused him significant harm.

Redthread Q and A

7 February 2017 Claiming Damages against Local Authorities in Care Proceedings:

1 February 2017 The True Cost of Covert Recording of Children in Family Law Cases

25 January 2017 London Borough of Sutton v MH, RH and NH (No 2) [2016] EWHC 1371 (Fam)

Guidance for family lawyers: how to be admitted to the ICACU

30 November 2016 Re S (Child Abduction: Joinder of Sibling: Child’s objections) [2016] EWHC 1227 (Fam)

6 October 2016 Family reunited at St Pancras

5 October 2016 Congratulations on Qualification

4 October 2016 Aisling Ni Chuinn

22 September 2016 Re X (A Child), Re Y (A Child)

20 September 2016 Arbitration: an alternative to court proceedings

15 September 2016 Legal 500

13 September 2016 Re S and Re W in the UKSC

23 August 2016 Sarah Colley admitted to Children Panel

11 August 2016 Kay Everett Memorial Award and Lecture

12 July 2016 Damages of over £100,000 secured for client detained unlawfully for 20 months

8 July 2016 Congratulations to our Baljit Bains on her success at the LALY 2016 awards

6 July 2016 Help for EU nationals worried by Brexit

30 June 2016 When does a Local Authority have a duty to “look after” a child?

29 June 2016 False allegations in children cases

8 June 2016 Comment on Re N (Children) [2016] UKSC 15

3 June 2016 Wilsons oppose appeal fee rises in Immigration courts

20 May 2016 Congratulations to Baljit Bains

17 May 2016 London Legal Walk 2016

9 May 2016 Raising the bar to divorce

6 May 2016 The London Legal Walk

Can “Cyanide” be a name?

4 May 2016 Evidential requirements for Domestic Violence

25 April 2016 Congratulations to our Marathon athletes

Parental Orders and Surrogacy – bending the rules to benefit families

21 April 2016 Wilsons run the London Marathon

20 April 2016 Family Law and Legal Aid for your community

14 April 2016 Comment on Re W

13 April 2016 Gomes: unlawful detention victory

11 April 2016 Visit to the Jamaican High Commission

8 April 2016 NEW MEMBERS

4 April 2016 UN International Day of Sport for Development and Peace

1 April 2016 New Solicitors

14 March 2016 Guide to refugee status claims based on sexual orientation and gender identity launched

10 March 2016 Residence Test case in the Supreme Court

Female Genital Mutilation Protection Orders

24 February 2016 Domestic violence Legal Aid rules are unlawful

18 February 2016 Wilsons immigration lawyers support Queen Mary College Refugee Week

Court of Justice of the European Union

10 February 2016 Financial remedies- extreme litigation misconduct/costs orders/lifting of press restrictions

3 February 2016 Congratulations to Abdi Shire Jama on his election to serve as a Member of Parliament in Somalia

29 January 2016 Judicial Review guidance for immigration lawyers

UK Gay and Lesbian Immigration Group Roundtable

26 January 2016 Poppi Worthington comment

19 January 2016 Visit to Dunkirk

13 January 2016 Wilson Solicitors is proud to be sponsoring Nine Lives

11 December 2015 VISIT TO CALAIS

30 November 2015 International Women’s conference

24 November 2015 Calais visit

11 November 2015 Hearty congratulations to family solicitor Mark Gilmartin

Alex and Ali

6 November 2015 New Solicitors

National Pro-Bono week

2 November 2015 The Spear’s 500 2016: Partner Anita Vasisht recognised in Best Immigration Lawyer category

30 October 2015 Chambers and Partners Band 1 for Immigration

29 October 2015 Actions against the police

26 October 2015 Acquittal in Snaresbrook Crown Court

23 October 2015 Junior Lawyer of the Year

21 October 2015 Good Luck to Nina!

15 October 2015 Care Act 2014 – Victory for asylum seeker

2 October 2015 Exciting News

14 September 2015 Refugees Welcome Here

2 July 2015 A night at the LALY awards

25 June 2015 Congratulations to Sarah Colley

1 June 2015 Partner Kay Everett is speaking at the European Law Academy conference on Human Rights and Asylum

22 May 2015 Welcome to our world

19 May 2015 Wilsons: Walkers 2015

12 May 2015 Acquittal at the Old Bailey

30 April 2015 Conference on Refugee Issues

29 April 2015 Congratulations to Rachel Wood (family department) for running the London Marathon

24 April 2015 Wilsons: congratulate Rat Films on the production of a fantastic film ‘Legal Aid Team’

7 April 2015 The firm secured an emphatic victory in the High Court last week in a judgement

30 March 2015 Wilsons have submitted a detailed response to the TFL consultation on the Cycle Superhighway Route 1

3 March 2015 Wilson Solicitors LLP warmly welcomes the report of the Inquiry into the use of Immigration Detention in the UK

5 February 2015 Wilsons are extremely pleased to announce

Wilsons are delighted to announce

15 January 2015 Exciting News !!!

27 November 2014 Exciting News!!!

16 October 2014 Wilsons are pleased to announce

5 September 2014 We are pleased to announce that Wilson Solicitors have become London Living Wage employers

31 July 2014 Community Care – Our New Area of Law

16 July 2014 We are pleased to announce

24 June 2014 Hackney Half Marathon Marks End of Refugee Week

19 February 2014 Supreme Court judgment in the case of R (on the application of EM (Eritrea))

22 October 2013 New Immigration Bill: No wonder talent will go elsewhere